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A group of students sits around a table in a library or classroom setting, engaged in discussion and writing. Two instructors stand with them, smiling and interacting. Bookshelves, chairs, and a clock are visible in the background, suggesting an academic or collaborative learning environment.

Life Lines: Where Words Become Portraits

A collaborative campus project is using poetry to teach skills that span careers and generations.

A dense forest of tall, bare trees is shrouded in a bluish mist, creating an eerie and mysterious atmosphere. Light filters faintly through the fog, casting long shadows on the forest floor covered in fallen leaves.

Q&A: Has nature always been strange? The ‘eco-weird’ unmakes the familiar

The eco-weird, an emerging genre pioneered by Penn State philosopher Brian Onishi, focuses on the strange feelings familiar places in nature can cause. In this Q&A, Onishi discussed the concept, which is detailed in his recently published book on the topic.